Kien Nguyen: 3 books
The Unwanted
A Memoir of Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated & decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of...
The Tapestries
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
In THE TAPESTRIES, based loosely on the life of the author's grandfather, who, in the early 1900s, was a professional embroiderer in the court of the last king of Vietnam-Kien Nguyen has reimagined his grandfather's amazing story to weave a tapestry of his own-a stunning and page-turning novel. Dan...
Le Colonial
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
A "richly satisfying" ("Newsday") epic of Asian history in the tradition of James Clavell, from the bestselling author of "The Tapestries."